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Easter marina Checkerspot

Chlosyne marina melitaeoides

Photo by LuisStevens
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Field Notes

Description:

Easter marina Checkerspot butterflies sipping moisture from mud.

Habitat:

In a creek ia an oak forest.

Reference Links:

Chlosyne marina melitaeoides

Species ID Suggestions

Marina Checkerspot

Chlosyne marina

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bayucca
1

Checkerspot

Chlosyne sp.

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NuwanChathuranga
3

Comments (52)
LuisStevens
Thank you misako, Debbie Stewart and Mark Ridgway
Debbie Stewart
What a beautiful series Luis, congratulations on yesterdays SOTD
LuisStevens
Thank you Karen L, mdwildlife, Agnes, Gerardo, Sachin, Lauren, agravate, Jill Black, arlanda, S Frazier, Env Unlimited, Atul, Toshimi Dowaki, Harsha Singh, DigantaGogoi, Jolly Ibanez, Laurie Winters, Satyen, Yuko Chartraw, Nuwan, kostyashabanov123 for your nice comments. I'm so glad to be member of this great community of Project Noah.
LaurieWinters
Congratulations on you SOTD!! Beautiful butterflies!
LuisStevens
Thank you everyone for your nice comments.
Atul
congrats Luis !
arlanda
Very nice spotting, Luis. Enhorabuena!!
JillBlack
Wonderful series. Congratulations on SOTD
agravate
Congratulations! Beautiful colors on that one.
LaurenZarate
Beautiful series Luis, Congratulations! I've never seen this one before.
mdwildlife
What strong colors! this is an awesome spotting!
KarenL
Congratulations Luis! These beauties have been chosen as spotting of the day! Checkerspot butterflies “mud-puddle” for minerals in a creek bed. By sipping moisture from mud, rotten fruit or animal feces, butterflies take in essential salts and minerals lacking in their diet of nectar. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152823569115603&set=a.10152383557885603.943728.10150120463815603&type=1 https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/335221750554062850
LuisStevens
Thank you Juan Carlos for the ID and the link.
LuisStevens
Thank you Sachin, ToshimiDowaki, mariana1, isabella1 and vicky1 for the nice comments.
LuisStevens
Thank you Bayucca for your time IDing this beautiful butterfly. Our friend Juan Carlos Garcia Morales added "melitaeoides" to the ID.
bayucca
After re-checking all possibilities, I think it is Chlosyne marina, Red-spotted Patch or Marina Checkerspot.
bayucca
Definitely a Chlosyne sp., but a tough one! I need some more time, since I am quite busy the whole day. I leave my "working links" here, because I have to close my windows and shot down my browser. Marina was also my first thought, but there are some others and all with a great variabilty within the species. I'll come back! http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_endeis_pardelina_live1.htm http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_marina_sw_mexico_live1.htm http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_eumeda_w_mexico_live1.htm http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_eumeda_nw_mex_live1.htm http://www.texasento.net/eumeda.htm http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/redspatch.htm
NuwanChathuranga
you're welcome Luis, i leave the species part for bayucca or anyone interested ;-)
LuisStevens
Thank you very much Nuwan for the ID and the link. Maybe this kind of butterfly is very variable.
NuwanChathuranga
is it Chlosyne marina ?? http://butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_marina_sw_mexico_live1.htm
LuisStevens
Thank you Fyn. The guide is http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ Butterflies and Moths of North America

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PublishedMay 15, 2013

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